In fact, this is something you naturally manifest yourself. If you are having a bad day and are in a terrible mood, that is exactly what you will attract. Has this ever happened to you? To take it yet another step further, have you ever experienced the turmoil all around you and then realize later that it is exactly what you thought would happen? You can control this! Believe what you want to achieve.

Now many people think that after reading the book “The Secret”, that you just think of what you want and miraculously you manifest what you want. I don’t know about you, but the first time I read that it seemed so silly, mysterious. And for a very good reason. It doesn’t quite work that way!

Think and Grow Rich

While yet another book implies this ” Think and Grow Rich “, once you actually read the book you realize there is much more to it.

We all have exactly what we need to achieve our destiny, our light/power within!

The problem is all of the noise that surrounds us.

The Big secret is…..Law of Attraction is not a secret! Get rid of the Noise and see for yourself ♥

To tap into this power within and manifest all that we want, our true destiny, our hidden talents, all we have to do is to perform a daily 15 minute ” SIT”. That’s right! Sit for 15 minutes daily, quiet, no thinking, just sitting absolutely still for 15 minutes taking control of our mind. Does this sound simple? Try it! I would love to hear your results. In fact this one daily habit has changed my life.

Find out what the true law of attraction is all about…. The answer is already within you

Week 14, the second time around! I remember last session I watched the movie Rudy for this weeks assignment. So, I had watched all of the movies that were an option, but settled on the film “Wild”.

Its funny how I enjoyed this movie tremendously when I watched it in October, as an entertaining evening at home with my hubby. But watching it this time brought me to a different level. And I am glad that I had already watched it once before because it taught me a very valuable lesson. I need to be the observer even more!

I ended up tardy with my posting of this weeks lesson because I couldn’t merely place a few words on the page. I found myself so immersed with the entire experience this woman went through. And though I absolutely loved the film, I had to know the person whose life experience this really was. I had to fill in the little details that perhaps weren’t exciting enough for film.

So I continued my research on Cheryl Strayed, the woman who hiked the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) to find herself again, the person already inside of her, the woman she had lost along the way of life, grief and pain.

This story from the movie/book “Wild” is the result of Cheryl losing her mother to cancer…..while promised another year to live, she lives only 7 weeks. Cheryl is pissed off! At the world, at the doctors, at her mom. Even though she knows her mom would have chosen to live, she is still angry.

Cheryl was in a spiral for several years, approximately 4 years of bad choices, drugs, men and a broken marriage. It was at this breaking point in her life, that she decided she was going to hike the PCT and get her life back! She worked extra hours at her diner job as a waitress, and every week would purchase a few new items for her gigantic pack she would later name “Monster”.

Without any real preparation at all, Cheryl leaves her life behind, sells most everything she owns, loads up her truck with what little she has left, and drives to Oregon and leaves her truck and the pre packaged boxes that will be mailed to her along the trail.

She begins this journey in Mojave, CA Now, you may not be familiar with Mojave, CA, but it is a desert. Very hot in the summer, and DRY! Cheryl found this out very quickly. As she was not able to get to her next water source as quickly as she had thought she would.

This journey would take her approximately 1,000 miles and would take her 95 days to complete.

Self talk kicks in…..”Remember you can quit anytime!”

She travels only 5 miles the first day…as she is setting up camp, more self talk….this time to her mother “I thought of you today….I hope you won’t be mad at me if I quit.”

As she hears noises outside of her tent this first night, yet again self talk….”I am not afraid!”

Day 2 she discovers that she has brought the wrong type of fuel which is needed for the dehydrated food brought for her trip. So again, self talk….”Cold mush, cold mush, I will like and eat cold mush”.

Fast forward to Day 10, she is averaging only about 7 miles per day. On the trail she runs across a rattle snake…..again, self talk “I am not hungry, I do not miss food!” That evening while sleeping in her tent, she feels movement in her sleeping bag and thinks it is a snake, as she bolts out of the tent screaming, out crawls a little caterpillar. Hmmm….thinking about something, having fear of something, focusing on it gives it power. In this case the power made her actually believe there was a snake in her sleeping bag. Perhaps there were many things she simply was not prepared for.

Throughout this journey, Cheryl continues to reflect on the very painful moments of her life. As the moment when she decided to make this journey, she is “Walking herself back to the woman her mother thought she was.”

Day 14 she hits her first stop “Kennedy Meadows” which marks 100 miles she has traveled.

Stay tuned…..I will continue on with this post and bring it full circle….such an amazing story!

As I get through Week 13, I must say this week is a bittersweet one for sure♥ And yet, it is also so Perfect!

This is the week of Christmas, and we are to focus on at least 3 things per day we are grateful for.

Christmas Day and Mother’s Day are the toughest days by far for me. After losing my only son to suicide, and after 10 years, these are still a challenge.

I have come so far on my grief journey, and I think each and every year that it will be better. In fact, this year has been an incredible year for me. But yet still, I am emotional to say the least during these times.

So this week could not be more perfect in timing. Keeping my focus on being Grateful for at least 3 things per day has a profound effect. We all take so many things for granted. Just like all of the little successes throughout the day, we also have many little things to be grateful for. If you aren’t sure this is true, try imagining life without something you enjoy. Like the nice car in the driveway, the husband who makes your coffee every morning, or how about the fact that you have a job.

While it was yet another tough Christmas Day for me, I focused on watching movies and spending the day with my hubby, diverting my attention, and we get through another Christmas ♥

I am so incredibly Grateful for this MKMMA experience, and how my life is so very different than it could be. And even though neither am I perfect in my daily actions or in my persistence, I am far better than I was last year and most definitely prior to that. And so I am persistent, I know my passion, I embrace it and I continue to work on ways to bury new habits deep into my subby, knowing who I am and what can derail my great focus and intentions.

Be blessed my friends with all of the “little things” to be grateful for and see what happens!

Week 12, the week building up to the holidays, the week I finalize the video I will present to all who have lost a child.

The Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony is on Sunday December 13th and it takes many hours for me to put the online presentation that I have now done for the past 4 years

It is actually bittersweet. It helps me as I give this to all who feel the pain of the loss of a child a I do….if only I help ease just a bit of the pain for just one mother….that is beautiful ♥

I have been listening to Joyce Meyers this week, and so many thoughts going on in my head.

Many things she mentions I am already doing…..Awesome! And then there are things she says that gives me some meaningful Ah-Ha moments♥ And what is so beautiful about these moments is God always gives me an opportunity to share with someone needing to hear the very words I have heard. I cannot put into words how special that truly is.

I have shared my video below….it is just a link as You Tube will not allow me to host there because of the music on this video. I always put in my description that this video is one that is for families grieving the loss of a child, and I in no way benefit financially from it. But they block me. Share it with someone you know who may be suffering the loss of a child as well. The holidays are the toughest I can assure you. Much love to you all! ♥

Each week we exercise the Law of Practice, Learning to be The Observer, and keeping the channels open with The Mental Diet.

We have learned many different ways to penetrate our subby, many different combinations leaving no path untraveled.

Well this week I actually witnessed the power of all this practice. I was preparing for a candle lighting ceremony; this was to be our 5th year hosting this event. The ceremony is one where we light candles in memory of our children who are no longer with us. One of the moms who attended last year was so touched, she wanted to help plan this years event. Unfortunately, after a few attempts at connecting with her unsuccessfully I was on my own again. That was until less than two weeks prior to the event. She wanted to change the location to accomodate more participants. While I certainly understood why, less than two weeks prior to the event just wasn’t an option. But she wouldn’t let up. She actually questioned my motives, after all wasn’t the goal to reach as many people as possible? Well at this point I invited her to have her own ceremony and I would cancel mine. She didn’t want to do that. So, I decided to do an online presentation only. Once again she responded with “Unbelievable”.

Here is what was so amazing about this entire situation. First, I made my decision rather quickly, even though I did wait to discuss it with my husband that evening. I felt like a weight was lifted. And, in the spirit of keeping the channels open, I never responded to the last comment made by the mom from last year, instead, I observed that she was merely misplacing the pain of losing her son. It wasn’t about me being right, it was about not causing her any further pain, while maintaining my own peace of mind as well.

I then made the decision to close the small office we had for the non profit in memory of my son Cliff. I had been contemplating this for a few months, but because I am in tune with the world within, it had become quite clear to me that this was the right decision. Then all of a sudden, donations started coming in….another confirmation 🙂

Even more is revealed by all of this. I will seek new outreach for my non profit and this makes me very excited! I just want to make a difference in memory of my son, keeping in harmony will keep the channels wide open.

“Law of Growth”; “Whatever we think about grows. What we forget about atrophies”

Wow! We have been reading about the “Seven Laws of the Mind” for several weeks now. But this week, it is starting to manifest in my life. So very exciting indeed!

Let me explain. So just for a minute, let’s think about this for a minute, really think about it! First of all, if what we forget atrophies, by golly I do not want to forget about all of the successes in my life, the positive things that happen daily!

Now lets spin that around, if what we think about grows, then perhaps we need a shift in our life? Do not surround yourself in the negative. It is unfortunately the norm for many. We need to make our thinking positive 90% of the day, because after all, what we think about GROWS!!! Right! Do you want more of the positive or the negative in your life? Exactly! ♥

Let me give you an example of what happened to me yesterday. I have been sick, doesn’t happen often but there you go. I was talking to a girlfriend and she was having a bad day, left work because she was in such a bad mood because everything that day had been “Bad”. I reminded her that we must let go of the negative and think of all the personal successes we have daily. While she was dwelling on the negative/bad things that were happening in her day, until she released them they would continue to grow!! Wow!! where did that come from? It is the Practice, the daily readings, the seeds being planted in my subconscious.♥ And then this morning, in my morning sit, “The Law of Growth” yes, I get it now….simple but getting it into your subconscious working 24/7 not so simple unless you are doing the hard work of planting it into your subconscious mind and believing it with every fiber of your being!

In truth, the only power is Within! And of course our thoughts are within!

Power within MKMMA2015

As I get through week 8, and I begin to take everything back, each thought that brought about the results, you can go back to where it all began. It is then that you see just how thought is the true power within.

Much continues to be revealed to me. This is my 2nd session of MKMMA, and it is so awesome to see more and more as I learn to trust the power within.

In fact, my passion is to spread the word of suicide prevention. In order to do that I need to research mental health, brain health as well as overall health. What has further been revealed to me? Well think back to the days when society would lock you up in a mental facility if you spoke about being able to communicate over many miles away. Before the invention of radio or the telephone.

Well what if our modern day diagnosis of bipolar disorder is really just an incredibly intelligent person whose brain is so high functioning that it presents as an illness when in fact it is just an intelligence we don’t yet understand?

Pretty incredible thoughts can manifest incredible things from someone very ordinary just like myself.

I am so very blessed to be on this journey and thankful to be able to put my thoughts in writing to recall the entire experience.

Find you true passion in life, then take time daily to sit completely still, allowing the power within to manifest the powerful thoughts that overcome mediocrity and produce miracles